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Zelenskiy’s chief of staff hails ‘concrete results’ on second day of Paris talks
KYIV, Jan 7 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s top adviser hailed “concrete results” on Wednesday as talks in Paris on peace and security guarantees for Ukraine entered their second day, […]
Cyprus assumes EU presidency with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy attending
NICOSIA, Jan 7 – Cyprus assumed the European Union’s rotating presidency on Wednesday, starting its term with a meeting attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Commission chief Ursula von […]
France: working with allies on plan should US make move on Greenland
PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) – France is working with partners on a plan over how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, Foreign […]
Intense heatwave grips Australia’s southern states, fans bushfires
SYDNEY, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Australia’s south sweltered through a brutal heatwave on Wednesday that delivered temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some cities, triggering health warnings, […]
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes near Baculin, Philippines, USGS says
MANILA, Jan 7 (Reuters) – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines’ southern islands on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, and there were no immediate reports of […]
Yemen’s STC leader al-Zubaidi flees, Saudi-backed coalition says
Jan 7 (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous al-Zubaidi, failed to board a plane set to take him to Riyadh, and fled instead to an […]
US adds more nations, including Venezuela, to costly visa bond policy
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has put 25 more countries on a list of nations whose citizens could be required to post bonds of up to […]
Brigitte Bardot to be buried on the French Riviera
SAINT-TROPEZ, France, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Brigitte Bardot, an icon of French cinema who died last month aged 91, will be buried on Wednesday by the sea in the French […]
Video recordings by Brown University shooting suspect deemed a confession
BOSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday released transcripts of video recordings in which they say the gunman who carried out last month’s fatal mass shooting at Brown […]
Exclusive-In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has put Venezuela’s hardline interior minister on notice that he could be at the top of its target list unless he […]